It's been a long time coming, and I'm actually kinda late to announce it, but Calvin Lee Reeder's colossal mindfuck nightmare, The Oregonian, has finally hit DVD, and how!

The Oregonian is out now in a very limited edition of 300 from Factory 25. The edition includes not only the DVD, but also a 7" of the soundtrack, a newsprint poster of the awesome green furry monster poster, and exclusive new art. The disc itself includes a short from the director titled Little Farm, as well.

The Oregonian was in my Top Ten Feel Bad Films of 2011 list, and it definitely deserves that spot. It is an atonal drone of a film designed to unsettle and disturb, and that job it accomplishes in spades. With Calvin Lee Reeder's The Rambler making waves at Sundance this year, I'd expect this to become a hot property pretty soon. If you aren't quite sure about the purchase, the film is on iTunes, but I'd recommend getting your hands on this soon! The purchase link is below.

There is a place. A place where the skies are wide
and the forests are thick--and strange. You can lose your­self for­ever
in these woods. You'll meet truck­ers with prob­lems and old women with
strange pow­ers. You may even make a furry friend. Just be sure to stay
quiet. Spend some time with a woman from Ore­gon who is lost on the road
and run­ning away from her past. Now she has a chance to expe­ri­ence
every­thing the grotesque North­west has to offer, whether she likes it
or not.

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